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*Flans originally wrote this while in an earlier band called [[The Turtlenecks]].
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*Flansburgh originally wrote this while in an earlier band called [[The Turtlenecks]].
*As of November 2005, the TV is officially in Esperanto twenty-four hours a day: [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/First_television_channel_in_Esperanto_launches_online First television channel in Esperanto launches online].
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*"We're gonna do a song that was written by my father, Mr. Earl Flansburgh, and it's called 'Alienation's for the Rich'." - [[John Flansburgh]], [[Shows/1987-06-23|June 23, 1987]]
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*Flansburgh frequently replaced the lyric "And the TV is in Esperanto" with "And the TV's talking Spanish" during earlier live performances.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:33, 13 March 2007


song name Alienation's for the Rich
artist They Might Be Giants
releases 1985 Demo Tape, They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years
year 1985
first played July 18, 1982 (36 known performances)
run time 2:25
sung by John Flansburgh


Trivia/Info

  • Flansburgh originally wrote this while in an earlier band called The Turtlenecks.
  • "We're gonna do a song that was written by my father, Mr. Earl Flansburgh, and it's called 'Alienation's for the Rich'." - John Flansburgh, June 23, 1987
  • Flansburgh frequently replaced the lyric "And the TV is in Esperanto" with "And the TV's talking Spanish" during earlier live performances.

Song Themes

Criminal Activities, Drinking, I Am, Language, Money, School, Swear Words, Transportation

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